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Ecocem has opened its first bulk import terminal in the UK.

The Irish company partnered with Peel Ports to open the terminal at Runcorn Docks on the Manchester Ship Canal, north-west England.

Ecocem invested £2 million (€2.5 million) in the project.

A further £2 million has been set aside to fund an increase in capacity.

Ecocem produces low-carbon cement at a plant at Dublin Port, Ireland.

The volume of supply of rock and aggregate materials on the Russian domestic market exceeded 25.68 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2016.

Of these 79% accounted for high-endurance rocks (30.8%, granite; 23.9%, gabbro; 3%, diabase); 9.2% for limestone; 6% for gravel, and 2.5% for sandstone.

In the first quarter of 2016, among the main producers of solid rock were Pavlovsk Nerud (1.5 million tonnes) and Granit (1 million tonnes), while in the production of limestone the top spots were taken by the

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is launching a new publication, Ready-mixed concrete: Essential, Local, Sustainable, highlighting how versatile and vital the material is to the construction industry, why the industry is important and examples of infrastructure projects the industry is currently supporting.

Steve Crompton, chair of the British Ready-Mixed Concrete Association, welcomed its content. “This report shows the industry to be innovative and sustainable delivering a high quality essential

The Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) has reported a healthy NGN 13.04 billion (US$65.49 million) turnover for 2015. The firm’s gross profit was NGN 3.96 billion ($19.86 million) for the year under review. Meanwhile, CCNN's total and non-current assets grew 9% to NGN 17.15 billion ($86.05 million) and 21% to NGN 10.12 billion ($50.77 million) respectively.

CRH chief executive Albert Manifold was Ireland’s highest paid boss in 2015, according to a poll by Irish newspaper the Sunday Independent.

The building materials giant, whose acquisitions’ spending last year approached €8bn last year, is said to have paid Manifold €5.53 million in 2015.

Holcim Philippines' CEO Eduardo A Sahagun has tipped the domestic cement market’s robust performance to continue in 2016, with sales growth of up to 8%. The nation’s private sector's continuing construction activities and the Philippines government's higher infrastructure spending will help drive the market. The government has set a public works budget of around PHP 800 billion (US$17.35 billion) for 2016. Cement sales in the country rose 14.3% year-on-year to 24.36 million tonnes in 2015, with Holcim Phili

Taiwanese cement producer Taiwan Cement Corp saw its 2015 year-on-year sales fall 20.8% to TWD 93.68 billion (US$2.89 billion), while the company’s net income dropped by 46.7% to TWD 5.78 billion ($178.67 million).

During October-December 2015, revenue and net income of the firm fell by 17% and 31.3% to TWD 24.6 billion ($760.45 million) and TWD 1.78 billion ($55.02 million) respectively, as compared to October-December 2014.

In January-March 2016, the company's revenue stood at TWD 17.73 billion ($54

Buzzi Unicem, the Italian cement manufacturer, has commissioned Citi, BNP Paribas and Banca Imi banks to start a road show for the potential issuance of a €500 million bond. Having been approved by the company's Board on 13 April 2016, the bond insurance aims to refinance some of the group's expiring credit lines, diversifying the sourcing of its funds and extending the average duration of its debt. The road show was due to start yesterday (18 April) in London, before visiting the cities of Paris, Frankfurt

A farmer from Indonesia’s Kendeng Mountain Community Care Network has reportedly asked to meet with the country’s president, Joko Widodo, regarding the damages to the Mountain due to the proposed construction of a cement plant in Kendeng, Rembang in Central Java. Joko Prianto is among those at the forefront of the protest against the development of the cement plant by Semen Indonesia. Nine protestors staged demonstration in front of the presidential palace on 13 April by cementing their legs.